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    This poster at a Japanese supermarket explaining the types of oranges they sell.


    This poster at a Japanese supermarket explaining the types of oranges they sell.

    by Waterlemon_Pug

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    1. cwinemanNumbNuts on

      That is mildly interesting. I’d say just straight up interesting.
      Did the place actually have a shit-ton of oranges? Or was it just a way for them to wave off questions?
      “CHECK THE POSTER!”

    6. One-Mix-7930 on

      Exactly, that chart is a kind of “citrus genealogy” poster supermarkets in Japan often display to help customers understand what makes each orange variety unique.

    7. Sylland on

      I didn’t even know there *were* that many varieties of orange, much less that you’d be able to buy them all in one place…

    11. KyotoCarl on

      It’s actually the family tree of the Mikan, a type of Japanese mandarin, not what they’re selling and not an orange.

    12. SpyDiego on

      I feel like I just never get presentations like this coming from Japan. Like their websites, just a different mind frame?

    15. doll-haus on

      If this information is essential while shop (not that I think it is), this would be more appropriately posted to r/mildlyinfuriating

    17. Abbot_of_Cucany on

      This isn’t a listing of the oranges they sell. It’s the genealogy, the family tree, of the citrus fruit family. All the citrus fruits you’ve ever eaten are hybrids of just 5 ancestor citruses. Three of these are the most important: **citron**. **mandarin**, and **pomelo**. There are two other ancestors that are less important: **papeda** (micrantha) — whose descendents include the Key lime and the Persian lime — and the **kumquat**.

      Here are two charts that show the ancestry of the citrus fruits you’re most llkely to encounter

      * [https://fruitguys.com/blog/where-do-citrus-fruits-come-from-check-the-family-tree/](https://fruitguys.com/blog/where-do-citrus-fruits-come-from-check-the-family-tree/)
      * [https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1875sk0/a_cool_guide_to_a_citrus_family_tree/](https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1875sk0/a_cool_guide_to_a_citrus_family_tree/)

      but there are literally *hundreds* of other citruses. Some are too bitter to eat but can be used for marinating or for marmalade. Others have almost no pulp at all, but are grown for their fragrant rind.

      **tl;dr** This Japanese chart shows what happens when you cross different citruses and what you get as a result.

    20. Realistic-Event-4318 on

      That chart is actually wild. I had no idea the family tree for citrus was that complicated. It’s cool how they show the crossbreeding like a pedigree.

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